Production of pectin-degrading enzymes by ericoid mycorrhizal fungi

New Phytologist

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 151-162

  Perotto, Silvia ^a   Coisson, Jean Daniel ^a   Perugini, Iolanda ^a   Cometti, Valeria ^a   Bonfante, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ericoid fungi; Hymenoscyphus ericae; Oidiodendron; Pectin; Polygalacturonase

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031460021     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1997.00627.x     Document Type: Article

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